Grain-bag holder.



No. 857,820. PATENTED JUNE 25, 1907. W. R. MOSHER.

GRAIN BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION IILED OOTHBS. 1906,

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25,1907.

Application filed October 26, 1905. Serial him 284,588-

To all whom it 111/0114 concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER RHEUBEN MOSHER, residing at Granville, in thecounty of Washington and State of New York,'have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Grain-Bag Holders, of which the following is a secification.

his invention relates to an improvement in bag holders and has for itsobject to provide a cheap and simple construction for dgrain bag or sackopen while it is being fille A further object o the invention is toprovide an adjustable arrangement by which the device is adapted forvarious sizes of bags, and still a further ob'ect is to provide anadjustment by which t e holder may be connected to supportsor objects ofvarious thicknesses such as boards, beams, and the like.

With these briefly stated objects in view, the invention comprisescertain details of construction and peculiar combination and arrangementof parts aswill be fully described in the following specification andpointed out in the cl aims, reference being had to the drawingslin which'gure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the practical application ofmy invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of my invention detached from thesupport. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view. Fig. 4 1s a detail section drawnabout on the line 44 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail section drawn on theline 55 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 is a detail of construction;

In carrying out my invention, I employ a strand of wire A, or a strandof lightweight iron, circular in cross-section, which is bent into anoval, each end belng bent outwardly from the point a,inparallel-relation to provide arms B, and thence downwardly at thepoints I), to provide foot portions C.

Slidably .retained upon each arm is a bracket D, one end of which has aperforation through which the arm extends. These brackets co-operatewith the foot lportions to provide a clutch by which the ho der pro eris connected to any suitable support an it will be understood that bysliding the brackets D, upon the arms, the space between them and .thefoot portions may be regulated to fit sup orts of various thicknesses.

A flat ar E, is held u on the arms B, and has its ends enlargedandlprovided'with open slots E, to receive the arms and by which the baris held in position, said slots extending in oblique direction toprevent accidental displacement when the bag is in osition. One edge ofthe bar is provided wit an extension E and upon the lower side andadjacent the extension, with a dc ending pointed pin'E, over which thebag is held after it hasbeen adjusted upon the oval portion of theholder.

After the device has been connected to a support which may be the edgeof a bin, a beam, a wagon-Wheel, barrel, and in fact any other suitablesupport, the mouth of the bag is stretched over the oval portion withits body suspended through the same and one edge of the mouth of the bagis then extended over the bar and the projection and caught over the pinwhich securely looks it in position and the bar may then be pushed backupon the arms to ti htly draw themouth of the bag around the Ioop.

about four or six-inches in length which will permit of the adjustmentof the brackets so 'that the holder may be accommodated to various kindsof supports and also to'permit of adjustment of the bar E, for thepurpose heretofore explained, and it will be readily understood thatwhen the brackets are pushed into position against the support, theouter end of the holder will have a tendency to droop which will causethe arms to bite or bind against the apertures in the brackets andprevent any possible danger of them slipping.

It will thus be seen that'I rovide an exceedingly cheap, simple and'ghly efiicient device for the purposes stated. V

7 Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:'

1. A device of the kind described, comprising an open loop havingparallel bent end portions, and a bracket slidable on each end portionand co-operating with the bent end to form an adjustable clutch.

2. Adevice of the kind described comprising an open loop having parallelend portions extending outwardly in the plane of the loop and then bentat right angles to form allel portions in the plane of the loop, saidbrackets being adjustable With respect to the foot portions.

3. A- bag holder comprising a strip of metal bent into an oval sha edloop and whose ends are bent 'outwar y in parallel fixed foot portions,and brackets on the par- 1 directions to provide arms and downwardly attheir ext-remeends to provide foot portions, brackets having openings attheirends adjacent the said pro'ection.

throu 'h which the arms extend and by which WALTER R EUBEN MOSHER. thesaid brackets are retained upon the arms, Witnesses:

arms, a projection extending from one edge of the bar and a pindepending from the bar a bar supported upon the arms, said bar hav- H.E. COLE, ing slots at its ends adapted to receive the H. J. STEVENS.

